Expro Well Services (EWS), being totally independent from operating companies, has provided a well examination service for many years to various oil & gas companies, helping them comply with the design & construction regulations 1996 SI 913; rule 18 which states the following:-
2) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) are arrangements in writing for such examinations, by independent and competent persons, of any part of the well, or similar well, information, or work in progress, and the making of such reports and recommendations, as are suitable for ensuring (with the assistance of such other measures as the well-operator takes) that the well is so designed and constructed, and is maintained in such repair and condition, that—
(a) so far as is reasonably practicable, there can be no unplanned escape of fluids from the well; and
(b) risks to the health and safety of persons from it or anything in it, or in strata, to which it is connected, are as low as is reasonably practicable.
(7) For the purpose of this regulation a person shall be regarded as independent only where:-
(a) his examination will not involve the consideration by him of an aspect, of a thing liable to be examined, for which he bears or has borne such responsibility as might compromise his objectivity; and
(b) he will be sufficiently independent of a management system, or of a part thereof, which bears or has borne any responsibility for an aspect, which he might consider, of a thing liable to be examined, to ensure that he will be objective in discharging his function.
This service usually entails the examination of various programs detailing major changes which take place during intervention operations. Such operations may be Xmas tree change out, the insertion of a velocity string, tubing replacement and many other permanent changes. Normal intervention operations are not affected by this rule.
Independent well examination services
Expro Well Services (EWS), being totally independent from operating companies, has provided a well examination service for many years to various oil & gas companies, helping them comply with the design & construction regulations 1996 SI 913; rule 18 which states the following:-
2) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) are arrangements in writing for such examinations, by independent and competent persons, of any part of the well, or similar well, information, or work in progress, and the making of such reports and recommendations, as are suitable for ensuring (with the assistance of such other measures as the well-operator takes) that the well is so designed and constructed, and is maintained in such repair and condition, that—
(a) so far as is reasonably practicable, there can be no unplanned escape of fluids from the well; and
(b) risks to the health and safety of persons from it or anything in it, or in strata, to which it is connected, are as low as is reasonably practicable.
(7) For the purpose of this regulation a person shall be regarded as independent only where:-
(a) his examination will not involve the consideration by him of an aspect, of a thing liable to be examined, for which he bears or has borne such responsibility as might compromise his objectivity; and
(b) he will be sufficiently independent of a management system, or of a part thereof, which bears or has borne any responsibility for an aspect, which he might consider, of a thing liable to be examined, to ensure that he will be objective in discharging his function.
This service usually entails the examination of various programs detailing major changes which take place during intervention operations. Such operations may be Xmas tree change out, the insertion of a velocity string, tubing replacement and many other permanent changes. Normal intervention operations are not affected by this rule.